1. cheesy: （太夸张）melodramatic, corny (synonym), trying too hard, unsubtle, and inauthentic (Ex: “I love her so much I am going to die.” “Haha you sound soo cheesy.”)
2. chicken: （胆小鬼）coward (Ex: “Stop being a chicken and try the rollercoaster ride!”)
3. dorky: （另类的，愚蠢的）strange; peculiar; A dork is someone who has odd interests, and is often silly at times. (Ex: "Kate Perry portrayed a dorky girl in her music video for the song 'Last Friday Night.'")
4. freebie: （免费赠品）something that does not cost money (Ex: “Where did you buy that pen?” “Oh this? It’s a freebie I got at the carnival.”)
5. full-on: （全力以赴） powerful, with maximum effort. (Ex: “I’m going to study full-on for this next exam.”)
6. go bananas: （发疯，情绪失控）go slightly crazy (Ex: “Love is making you go bananas.”)
7. hammered: （醉了）very drunk (Ex: “Dude, stop drinking, you are already hammered.”)
8. hyper: （亢奋的）overly excited (Ex: “Why are you so hyper?” “I think it’s because I ate a lot ofcandy this morning. Sugar makes me hyper.”)
9. kicks: （鞋子）shoes (Ex: “Wow, nice kicks!”) (See Note 1)
NOTE 1 | “Just for kicks” is a phrase that means, “Just for fun.” The term, kicks, in this case does notmean shoes.
10. laid back: （放松的）relaxed; calm (Ex: “Why are you so laid back? The exam is in 30 minutes!”)
11. lame: （拙劣的） incompetent, bad (Ex: “I saw you cheating on the test.” “So what?” “Ugh, you are so lame.”)
12. love handles: （腰间赘肉） excess fat around the waist (Ex: “Honey, it’s okay, I love you AND your love handles.”)
13. rubbish: （废话） nonsense; not true (Ex: “The last Harry Potter movie was terrible!” “What? That’s rubbish!”)
14. screw up: （弄糟，犯错）to make a mistake (Ex: “I’m sorry for lying to you, I screwed up, big time.”)
15. sick: （很棒的）awesome, so cool, amazing; a term used more commonly among hip hop dancers (Ex: “Dude, you’ve got some sick moves!”)
